Resources
These are some of the many resources used while researching my family’s stories.
Genealogy Resources
Research Services
- Delpher (Searchable database of Dutch newspapers, books, magazines and radio bulletins)
- Dutch Genealogy
- Indonesia Archives and Libraries
- Netherlands National Archives
- Open Archives
- United States National Archive
- War Office: Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, Second World War
- WieWasWie
DNA Services
Related Family Trees
Social Media Groups
Dutch-Indo Culture
Dutch East Indies & World War II
Some of these pages are in Dutch, but you can translate them using Google Translate.
Dutch Military
KNIL: Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger / Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
ML-KNIL: Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger / Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force
- 122 NEI Squadron
- Annals of the Brewster Buffalo
- KNILLER
- Photos from the 121st & 122nd KNIL-ML Squadron
- Roel Bazuin
- Roel Bazuin Photoalbum
Roel has put together a great site with information and photos about the 122nd Squadron. If you know of anyone that was a part of this squadron, he would love to hear from you.
World War II (1942 – 1945)
- MyIndoWorld
- Pakan Baroe Death Railway
- Pakanbaru Death Railway
- De Stichting Herdenking Birma-Siam Spoorweg en Pakan Baroe Spoorweg
The Burma-Siam Railway Commemoration Foundation and Pakan Baroe Railway (SHBSS) - From Burma to Nagasaki: the man who walked through hell
- Japanese POW Card Lookup for KNIL & Marines (Japanse Interneringskaarten KNIL en Marine)
- Japanese prisoner of war camps (Japanse krijgsgevangenkampen)
- CBG|Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis: Je Indische Stamboom (Your Indian Family)
- De ondergang van de Junyo Maru (The Downfall of the Junyo Maru)
Bersiap and Indonesian Independence (1945 – 1946)
Books & Videos About the Dutch East Indies
Books About POW Experiences
- Jungle Journal: Prisoners of the Japanese in Java 1942-1945
Frank Williams - No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Incredible Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
Robert Weintraub - Prisoners in Java
Accounts by Allied Prisoners of War in the Far East (1942-1945) captured in Java - Rising from the Shadow of the Sun: A Story of Love, Survival and Joy
Ronny Herman de Jong - The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949: Survivors’ Accounts of Japanese Invasion and Enslavement of Europeans and the Revolution That Created Free Indonesia
Jan A. Krancher - The Sumatra Railroad: Final Destination Pakan Baroe, 1943-1945
Henk Hovinga - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand - War in the Indies: The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember
Anne Van Arragon Hutten (Editor) - All Ships Follow Me
Mieke Eerkens
Books About the Dutch East Indies
- Photographs of the Netherlands East Indies at the Tropenmuseum
Janneke van Dijk, Rob Jongmans, Anouk Mansfeld, Steven Vink, Pim Westerkamp, Wimo Ambala Bayang (Contributor) - Pocket Guide to Netherlands East Indies
Prepared by Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, United States Army - Dutch East Indies and Indo History & Culture Book List compiled by the Indo Project on Goodreads
Books About Indonesia
- A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia’s Largest Nation
Tim Hannigan - Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation
Elizabeth Pisani
Videos (Various Topics)
- Batavia 1910 – 1915 (Full Version)
- Hell Ships naar Sumatra
- Lief Indië (Dear East Indies)
Documentary on the timeless solace of Krontjong music
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